Canadá, IFRS e uma defesa dos padrões nacionais

Em Unaccountable accounting standards; Investors need protection of a national regulator, National Post de 11/6/2008, FP11, Al Rosen defende a necessidade do Canadá (que recentemente optou pelo IFRS) ter um conjunto de normas contábeis do próprio país:

IFRS is deficient compared with current Canadian standards on numerous fronts. IFRS contains loopholes not present in Canadian standards. IFRS is silent on specific prohibitions that have been built into Canadian accounting over the years. IFRS does not address specific industries critical to our economy. And IFRS opens up our accounting standards to political influence from abroad.